Suicide car bomber kills five at Iraq police base
August 7, 2005
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed at
least five people and wounded 15 in an attack on an Iraqi
police headquarters in the northern town of Tikrit on Sunday,
police sources said.
Men volunteering to join the force had been crowding the
area at the time, they added.
Tikrit is the home town of former Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein and lies in the heartlands of the once dominant Sunni
Arab minority, some of whom have risen against the new
Shi’ite-led government and the U.S. military occupation.
Suicide attacks have been a frequent tactic against Iraq’s
police and army recruits, who form a key part of Washington’s
strategy for withdrawing many of its own troops.
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